Israel conducts artillery shelling in southern Lebanon, resulting in an airstrike that injures an Al-Manar cameraman

On Saturday, Israeli forces engaged in artillery shelling across multiple areas along the Lebanese border, coinciding with an airstrike that left a cameraman from Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television injured.

The state-operated National News Agency reported that the artillery shelling struck Ain al-Zarqa, located between the border towns of Tayr Harfa and Alma al-Shaab. Intense shelling was also directed at the outskirts of Deir Mimas and the Khardali Valley area.

An Israeli airstrike earlier that day targeted an unoccupied house in Kfarkila. Subsequently, an Israeli jet launched a missile near a vehicle carrying Al-Manar television journalists in the al-Khardali region, resulting in an injury to the network’s cameraman, Khodor Markiz, specifically affecting his eye.

The incident occurred on a road also used by several civilian vehicles, as well as correspondents from MTV and the National News Agency.

Al-Manar reporter Ali Shoeib, who was in the car with Markiz, pointed out that the convoy was traveling on a route far from the conflict zone, connecting the Nabatieh region to south Lebanon’s eastern and central sectors. Shoeib emphasized that such incidents would not deter them.

Hezbollah announced the loss of two more fighters in southern Lebanon.

Since the conflict began on October 8, following Hamas’ significant operation in southern Israel, over 140 people have been killed in southern Lebanon. The majority were Hezbollah fighters, but the death toll also includes more than a dozen civilians, among them three journalists.

On the Israeli side, the conflict has resulted in the deaths of at least four civilians and eight soldiers, as stated by Israeli authorities.